Transit Timing & Signals Engineer

New York City Department of Transportation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

New York City Department of Transportation seeks an Assistant Civil Engineer to support the Signals Timing & Intersection Control Unit on bus priority street projects. You will assist with geometric layouts, bus lanes, traffic studies, and CAD/GIS documentation to support feasibility and implementation.

The role emphasizes collaboration with MTA, planners, and community stakeholders, ensuring ADA/MUTCD compliance and Vision Zero alignment. NYC residency not required for this position.

Qualifications

• Baccalaureate degree in civil engineering and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in civil engineering work; or
• A Bachelor's degree plus a Master's degree in civil engineering.
• Familiarity with bus priority projects, transit operations, or curbside management.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing geometric layouts, bus lanes, curbside regulations, intersection treatments, and transit priority street configurations.
• Conduct traffic studies, bus speed assessments, turning movement counts, and safety analyses to support design decisions.
• Prepare CAD drawings, concept plans, signing/striping layouts, and technical exhibits for internal review and external partners.
• Document existing conditions, verify measurements, assess constraints, and support feasibility evaluations for proposed bus priority treatments.
• Support analysis and implementation of Transit Signal Priority (TSP), queue jumps, and signal timing adjustments.
• Collaborate with planners, operations teams, borough engineers, MTA staff, utilities, and community stakeholders.
• Assist with shop drawing review, field checks, punch lists, and verification of installed bus priority elements.
• Maintain GIS layers, project databases, and engineering records related to bus lanes, stops, signals, and curb regulations.
• Ensure designs meet ADA standards, MUTCD requirements, NYC Street Design Guidelines, and Vision Zero principles.
• Some assignments may require a driver's license. Preference will be given to candidates who possess a driver's license valid in the state of New York.

Skills

Bus priority projects

Transit operations

Curbside management

Complete Streets

Vision Zero

NYC Street Design Guidelines

Signal timing

Traffic modeling tools

Multimodal design standards

Driver's license (NY)

Education

Baccalaurate degree in civil engineering

Master's degree in civil engineering

Tools

CAD

GIS

Job description

New York City Department of Transportation seeks an Assistant Civil Engineer to support the Signals Timing & Intersection Control Unit on bus priority street projects. You will assist with geometric layouts, bus lanes, traffic studies, and CAD/GIS documentation to support feasibility and implementation.

The role emphasizes collaboration with MTA, planners, and community stakeholders, ensuring ADA/MUTCD compliance and Vision Zero alignment. NYC residency not required for this position.